Journal article
Predicting Survival in Patients With Heart Failure With an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator: The Heart Failure Meta-Score
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Prognostic evaluation in heart failure (HF) is important to predict future events and decide timely management. Many HF patients are treated with the use of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). This study aimed to validate a meta-analytically derived prognostic score to predict survival in ICD-HF patients.
METHODS AND RESULTS: The HF Meta-score includes 14 independent mortality predictors identified in a meta-analysis, …
Authors
Alba AC; Walter SD; Guyatt GH; Levy WC; Fang J; Ross HJ; Lee DS
Journal
Journal of Cardiac Failure, Vol. 24, No. 11, pp. 735–745
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
11 2018
DOI
10.1016/j.cardfail.2017.11.002
ISSN
1071-9164